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Cappagh

An Cheapach

The census separates this small townland from the wider electoral division sharing its name.

Recorded locationCappagh51.85716° N · 9.50197° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

ceapachplot of land, tillage plot

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Cheapach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Cappagh · English · main form

Place & story

The townland’s own census return

The original 1911 census places Cappagh in Kenmare parish and Glanarought barony. It records eighteen people, nine male and nine female, in four inhabited houses. The population had been forty-two in 1891 and twenty-five in 1901. Cappagh was also the name of the electoral division, which included numerous other townlands and had 647 residents in 1911. That larger figure should therefore be distinguished from the eighteen residents of Cappagh townland itself. The table records the changing numbers without attributing a cause. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Kenmare
Within
Cappagh
Coordinates
51.85716, -9.50197
Mapped area
1.56 km²
Logainm ID
22856 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cappagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Kerry, printed p25 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Co., 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-05-06. How this page was prepared.